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		UltraSane 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Progress toward fusion energy gain as measured aga... It was never intended to be a power plant but it was hoped that it would achieve a net gain fusion reaction for the first time. This turned out to be a lot harder than expected.

hinkley 3 months ago [–]

NIF has achieved net power, right? But only if you ignore the massive, massive power losses in converting electricity to feed energy into the system.

itishappy 3 months ago | [–]

Correct. They got more bang out than they put in. The electrical-to-bang and bang-to-electrical conversions are not included.

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